Colonel Lawrence B. Wilkerson, Chief of Staff kwa Secretary of State of U.S. Colin Powell, adapereka umboni watsopano wodabwitsa kuchokera mkati mwa Bush Administration kuti mazana a amuna omwe adamangidwa ku Guantanamo anali osalakwa, anthu apamwamba mu Bush Administration adadziwa bwino kuti anali osalakwa. , ndipo chidziwitsocho chinasungidwa kwa anthu.
Wilkerson adati Purezidenti Bush, Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Cheney ndi Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld "atsekera osalakwa pazifukwa zandale" ndipo ambiri mu utsogoleri adadziwa. Akaidi omangidwa molakwika sanatulutsidwe chifukwa cha ndale zomwe cholinga chake chinali kubisa zolakwika za akuluakulu aboma.
Colonel Wilkerson, yemwe adatumikira m'gulu lankhondo la US kwa zaka zopitilira makumi atatu, adasaina chikalata cholumbirira kukhothi la federal ku Oregon kuti adapeza mu Ogasiti 2002 kuti US idadziwa kuti akaidi ambiri ku Guantanamo sanali adani. Wilkerson adakambirananso izi m'nkhani yowulula komanso yovuta pa Guantanamo ya Washington Note.
Kodi Mtsamunda Wilkerson anayamba bwanji kudziwa za anthu osalakwa ku Guantanamo? Mu August 2002, Wilkerson, yemwe adagwira ntchito limodzi ndi Colin Powell kwa zaka zambiri, adasankhidwa kukhala Chief of Staff kwa Mlembi wa boma. M'malo mwake, Wilkerson adayamba kupezeka pamisonkhano yatsiku ndi tsiku yokhudzana ndi akuluakulu 50 kapena kupitilira apo, komwe Guantanamo amakambidwa nthawi zambiri.
Posakhalitsa zinadziลตikiratu kwa iye ndi antchito ena a Dipatimenti Yaboma โkuti akaidi ambiri amene anamangidwa ku Guantanamo anamangidwa mosaganizira ngati analidi adani ankhondo, kapena ngati ambiri a iwo anali adani nkomwe.โ
Kodi zinatheka bwanji kuti mazana a akaidi a Guantanamo anali osalakwa? Wilkerson adanena kuti zonsezi zinayamba pachiyambi, makamaka chifukwa asilikali a US sanagwire anthu ambiri omwe anatumizidwa ku Guantanamo. Wilkerson anati, anthu amene anafika ku Guantanamo, ambiri anaperekedwa ku United States ndi asilikali a ku Afghanistani ndi ena amene analandira ndalama zokwana madola 5000 pa munthu aliyense amene anafikako. Ambiri mwa omangidwa 742 โsanaonepo Msilikali waku US ali m'ndende yoyamba. "
Akuluakulu a usilikali adauza Wilkerson kuti "akaidi ambiri adatembenuzidwa pazifukwa zolakwika, makamaka chifukwa cha zabwino ndi zolimbikitsa zina." A US adadziwa kuti "mwayi udali waukulu kuti ena mwa akaidi a Guantanamo adaperekedwa kwa asitikali aku US kuti athetse ziwerengero zakumaloko, pazifukwa zamafuko, kapena ngati njira yopezera ndalama."
Monga chotulukapo chake, Wilkerson anati โpanalibe njira yeniyeni yodziลตira chifukwa chimene mkaidiyo anatsekeredwa poyamba.โ
Wilkerson analemba kuti anthu a ku America sadziwa "kulephera kwenikweni kwa kumenyana kwa nkhondo ku Afghanistan panthawi yoyamba ... anali kupita ku Cuba kukamangidwa ndi kukafunsidwa mafunso.โ
Kodi nchifukwa ninji panali kulephera kotheratu pakuwunika kowona mโbwalo lankhondo? "Izi zinali chifukwa chokhala ndi asitikali ochepa kwambiri kumalo omenyera nkhondo, asitikali ndi anthu wamba omwe anali komweko ali ndi anthu ochepa ophunzitsidwa bwino komanso odziwa bwino ntchito zotere, komanso kukakamizidwa kodabwitsa kochokera kwa Secretary of Defense a Donald Rumsfeld ndi ena kuti ' perekani anthu onyansa kwa ofunsa mafunso.โโ
Zotsatira zake, mawu a Wilkerson akupitiliza, "panalibe njira yodziwira ngati anali zigawenga, a Taliban, kapena anthu wamba osalakwa omwe adakwera pabwalo lankhondo losokonezeka kwambiri kapena m'chigawo cha dziko lina ngati Pakistan."
Kuphatikiza apo, mawuwo akuti "vuto lapadera koma logwirizana linali loti nthawi zambiri palibe umboni wokhudzana ndi womangidwayo womwe umaperekedwa, kotero panalibe njira yeniyeni yodziwira chifukwa chake mkaidiyo adamangidwa poyamba."
"Gulu loyamba la akaidi a 742 silinamangidwe chifukwa cha zomwe ndidazolowera ngati msilikali," adatero Wilkerson. โZinayamba kuonekeratu kuti ambiri mwa amunawo anali osalakwa, kapena kuti kunali kosatheka kutsimikizira kuti anali ndi mlandu ngakhalenso mโkhoti lililonse, kaya ndi wamba kapena asilikali. Ngati panali umboni uliwonse, ndandanda yotetezera inali itanyalanyazidwa kotheratu.โ
Angapo mu utsogoleri wa US adazindikira izi posachedwa ndipo adadziwa "zowona kuti ambiri mwa omangidwawo anali osalakwa chilichonse, anali ndi nzeru zochepa, ndipo ayenera kumasulidwa nthawi yomweyo," analemba Wilkerson.
Nanga nโchifukwa chiyani bungwe la Bush Administration silinatulutse amunawa mโndende atadziwika kuti alibe mlandu? Nanga nโcifukwa ciani tipitilize kusunga anthu osalakwa?
"Kuvomereza kuti izi zikanakhala chizindikiro chakuda pa utsogoleri wawo kuyambira tsiku lomwe limatchedwa Nkhondo Yachigawenga ndipo atsogoleriwa anali ndi zizindikiro zakuda zokwanira: akufa m'munda ku Pennsylvania, m'phulusa la Pentagon. , ndiponso mโmabwinja a World Trade Towers,โ analemba motero Wilkerson.
"Sanali okonzeka kuvomereza zolakwa zawo ku Guantanamo Bay. Ndibwino kunena kuti aliyense amene analipo anali wachigawenga wolimba, anali wodalirika, ndipo akanabwerera ku jihad akamasulidwa, "malinga ndi Wilkerson. "Ndili wachisoni kunena kuti ndikukhulupirira kuti panali asitikali ovala yunifolomu omwe adathandizira ndikuthandizira mabodzawa, ngakhale akuluakulu ankhondo athu."
Kukana kumasula akaidiwo, ngakhale amene ayenera kuti anali osalakwa, kunazikidwa pa zifukwa zingapo zandale. Ngati US idawamasula kudziko lina ndipo dzikolo likuwapeza kuti alibe mlandu, zitha kupangitsa US kuwoneka woyipa, adatero Wilkerson. "Chodetsa nkhawa china chinali choti kutsekeredwa ku Guantanamo kuwululidwe ngati ntchito yosokoneza kwambiri yomwe anali. Zotsatira zotere sizinali zovomerezeka kwa Ulamuliro ndipo zikadawononga kwambiri utsogoleri ku Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo. โ
Ku Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo, Mlembi Rumsfeld, "anangokana kuti akaidi apite," adatero Wilkerson.
"Mbali ina yavuto la ndale idachokera ku Ofesi ya Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Richard B. Cheney," malinga ndi Wilkerson, "omwe udindo wake ungafotokozedwe mwachidule kuti 'mapeto amalungamitsa njira', ndipo analibe nkhawa kuti anthu ambiri. omangidwa ku Guantanamo anali osalakwa, kapena kuti panalibe umboni wothandiza kwa ambiri aiwo. Ngati mazana a anthu osalakwa akanavutika kuti atseke zigawenga zochepa chabe, zikhale choncho.โ
Purezidenti Bush adachita nawo zisankho zonse za amuna ku Guantanamo malinga ndi malipoti ochokera kwa Secretary Powell kupita ku Wilkerson. "Maganizidwe anga," adatero Wilkerson "ndizosavuta kwa Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Cheney kuyendetsa mozungulira Purezidenti Bush mosasamala chifukwa Cheney anali ndi maukonde m'boma kuti achite izi. Kuphatikiza apo, pogwiritsa ntchito zomwe Mlembi Powell adatcha Purezidenti kuti ndi "malingaliro a ng'ombe", Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Cheney nthawi zambiri amatha kuvomereza Purezidenti.
Ngakhale chidziwitso chofalikira mkati mwa kayendetsedwe ka Bush kuti US idapitilizabe kusunga osalakwa ku Guantanamo, kwa zaka zambiri boma la US lidapitilira kunena poyera - kuti anthu aku Guantanamo anali zigawenga.
Pambuyo pazidziwitso izi kuchokera mkati mwa Bush Administration, nkhani yatsopano kwambiri yomwe anthu a ku United States akukumana nayo sikutanthauza kuti Bush Administration inali yolakwika pa Guantanamo komanso ngati inali yachinyengo nthawi zonse posunga mazana a amuna osalakwa m'ndende kuti abise zolakwa zanu.
Chifukwa chiyani Mtsamunda Wilkerson akuwulula izi tsopano? Anapereka mawu olumbirira kuti athandize International Human Rights Clinic ku Willamette University College of Law ku Oregon ndi Federal Public Defender omwe akutsutsa akuluakulu a US chifukwa chomangidwa molakwika ndi kuzunzidwa kwa Adel Hassan Hamad. Hamad anali wogwira ntchito yothandiza anthu ku Sudan yemwe amagwira ntchito ku Pakistan pamene adabedwa m'nyumba yake, kuzunzidwa ndikutumizidwa ku Guantanamo komwe adamangidwa zaka zisanu asanatulutsidwe.
Kumapeto kwa mawu ake olumbirira masamba asanu ndi anayi, Wilkerson akufotokoza zifukwa zake zowulula zachidziwitsochi. "Ndasankha ndekha kuti ndibwere kudzakambirana za nkhanza zomwe zidachitika chifukwa kudziwa kuti ndidatumikira Boma lomwe linkazunza ndi kuzunza omwe adawatsekera ku Guantanamo Bay ndi kwina kulikonse ndikusunga osalakwa pazifukwa zandale zatsika kwambiri. mfundo mu ntchito yanga yaukadaulo ndipo ndikufuna kumveketsa bwino zomwe zidachitika. Ndikuda nkhaลตanso kwambiri kuti asilikali a ku United States, kumene ndinathera zaka 31 za moyo wanga waukatswiri, anali okhudzidwa kwambiri ndi zolakwa zazikuluzi.โ
Wilkerson anamaliza nkhani yake yokhudza Guantanamo popereka zovuta. "Ndi liti - ndipo ngati - zoonadi za omangidwa ku Guantanamo Bay zidzawululidwa momwe ziyenera kukhalira, kapena Congress idzakweza zina mwa zolakwazo, kapena akuluakulu a Obama adzakhala olimba mtima kuti atsatire kwambiri. kampeni yake imalonjeza za GITMO, kuzunzidwa ndi zina zotero, zikuwonekerabe. "
A US akudzudzula Iran ndi China molakwika chifukwa chomanga anthu molakwika. Ndiye ife ngati fuko tichita chiyani tsopano popeza munthu wamkati waku Bush Administration adawulula chowonadi molimba mtima komanso kubisa zandale zaku US zomanga mazana molakwika ndikusawamasula ngakhale akudziwa kuti alibe mlandu? Yankho lathu litiuza zambiri za kudzipereka kwathu kwa dziko lonse ku chilungamo kwa onse.
Bill Quigley ndi Mtsogoleri wazamalamulo ku Center for Constitutional Rights komanso pulofesa wa zamalamulo ku Loyola University New Orleans. Bill atha kulumikizidwa pa [imelo ndiotetezedwa]